Janata Bank mobilises Tk 43.96b deposits in Rajshahi div

RAJSHAHI, Feb 12: Janata Bank Limited has mobilised deposits worth Tk 43.96 billion (Tk 4,396 crore) against the target of Tk 40.70 billion (Tk 4,070 crore) in 2020, despite the adverse impact of Covid-19 pandemic situation in Rajshahi division, reports BSS.
The bank collected deposits of Tk 36.10 billion (Tk 3,610 crore) in 2019. It made a profit of Tk 821.5 million (Tk 82.15 crore) in 2020, while the profit figure was Tk 699.2 million (Tk 69.92 crore) in 2019.
In 2020, 145 branches among the total 148 in the division made profit, while the number of profit-making branches was 143 in the previous year.
These were revealed in the Rajshahi Divisional Managers Conference of the bank held at the Bangladesh Police Academy auditorium at Sarda in Charghat upazila of the district on Friday.
Janata Bank Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Abdus Salam Azad and its Deputy Managing Director Abdul Jabbar addressed the conference as the chief guest and a special guest respectively, with Rajshahi Divisional General Manager Shakhawat Hossain in the chair.
Seven Area Heads, 148 branch managers and other officials concerned joined the conference. Abdus Salam Azad urged the branch managers to perform their duties with utmost sincerity and honesty to attain targets in all the indicators in the current year.
He said attaining trust and confidence of the clients in general should be the main motto of the branch level bankers.